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March 4,1983 The Empath Page 3
Dear Editor . . .
Sympathy
Expressed
Dear Editor:
In response to the shallow,
short-sightedness of Colin Mon-crieff-
Yeates, suggesting that the
decision over the use of the
first floor of Charles Hall take
precedence over the acid related
sterilization of literally tens of
thousands of wilderness water
resources, I express my sym­pathy
to his family. And if Mr.
Moncrieff-Yeates is truly con­cerned
to this extent over the
shortage of space on campus,
perhaps he might investigate the
wide variety of boats which
have been donated to the
college. — David M. Parris
P.S. — “I wanted this
printed! This is my opinion
as a student and I have the
right to voice it! I’m not the
only one who feels this way.
Also, this may give the readers
something exciting to read.”
Colin Moncrieff-Yeates; The Em­path,
February 24, 1983.
Needs First
Dear Editor:
Harry Steinway can make his
brownie points with the Board
of Directors some other time.
I am at this school to learn
and will find that quite difficult
when St. Mary’s doesn’t have
the money to xerox student
handouts. Xeroxed handouts are
part of the visual learning ex­perience,
not to say quite
necessary in every day life.
Carpeted dorms would be
quite nice if this school could
afford carpeting and the stu­dents
would not abuse it. St.
Mary’s is presently paying full
salaries to two former faculty
members, this is causing quite
a deficit in the school’s budget.
This deficit is affecting my
education and I would rather
see my money being spent on
my education. This includes the
little necessities of life, like
xeroxing. Since there is a short­age
of money, I believe what
monies are available should be
used for the necessities not the
luxuries (like carpeting).
When this school is back on
its financial feet it would be
quite nice and feasible to beauti­fy
St. Mary’s, but for now
priorities are priorities and my
education comes well before
beer splattered carpets and Har­ry’s
promotion.
Deprived
- HCBM
Prejudging
Discouraged
Empath:
Regarding the letters addres­sing
the dispute that took place
recently in the gymnasium be­tween
a student and a college
employee, I would urge every­one
not to prejudge the matter
without full access to the facts.
I would also suggest that no
one, to our knowledge, knows
precisely what occurred during
this dispute. Given that and the
fact that both parties involved
have filed applications for crimi­nal
charges against the other,
the Attorney General advises us
to defer any disciplinary ac­tion
pending the outcome of
those charges. I would also
remind all those students who
share our concern about this
matter that both parties in­volved
have certain rights to due
process that need to be pro­tected
during the course of
any disciplinary or judicial re­view.
Given the circumstances,
precipitous action or an at­tempt
to determine guilt or
innocence in a public forum
like the Empath does a serious
disservice to both parties in­volved
in this unfortunate inci­dent.
Any appropriate college
disciplinary action will follow
the findings of the court. The
State’s Attorney’s Office has
tentatively scheduled interviews
with both parties on Wednes­day,
March 2, 1983.1 encourage
everyone to honor the proce­dures
of due process and defer
any judgement in this matter
until the State’s Attorney’s Of­fice
completes its inquiry. It
is the least we can do on behalf
of those involved.
Finally, regarding the col­lege’s
response to this inci­dent,
I think it would be helpful
to know that on the day it
occurred I:
1. held three different inter­views
with the student in­volved
(one immediately after
the incident took place),
2. arranged for the student in­volved
to be treated im­mediately
at the Health Cen­ter,
3. held two interviews with
the employee involved,
4. held one interview with two
college employees working
near the location of the
incident,
5. notified Security to initiate
investigation of the incident,
6. consulted with the College
Director of Operations in
charge of personnel matters,
7. consulted with the State’s
Attorney General’s Office,
8. arranged for leave for the
employee involved.
Since then I have held
lengthy conversations with both
parties involved, advising them
of their rights and of the antici­pated
steps to be taken by both
the college and the State’s
Attorney’s Office. Continued
conversations have taken place
with both the Attorney General
and the State’s Attorney’s Office
in the interim. The college has
attempted to respond to this
matter in a way that will guaran­tee
fair treatment for both
individuals while not rushing to
an incorrect judgement.
Sincerely
— Tom Weingartner
Director of
Intercollegiate Athletics
Working
Together
Dear Editor:
After having read the most
recent issue of your publication,
I found it difficult to ignore
some of the more juvenile
attitudes expressed by certain
members of our college com­munity.
These attitudes are
not isolated to just this past
issue, but seem to be a recurring
theme throughout the paper’s
history (at least as far back as
the three and one half years
that I have been here).
To begin with a topic with
which you are all too aware of,
the EMPATH has been criti­cized
continuously for the edi­tor’s
alledged partiality towards
the administration. Anyone seri­ously
involved with the paper
(and I admit that I am not
“involved,” but only “aware”)
has heard the term “Pro-Admini­stration”
several times too
many. One would think there
was a war going on, or at best a
heated political campaign. When
are those of you who feel this
way going to “graduate” to the
1980’s, and leave behind the
“f/buck - the - Establishment”
mentality of the 60’s? The
students of that era had to
deal with the problem of GET­TING
a student voice in admini­strative
decisions. In the past
15-20 years, student-faculty re­lationships
have changed drasti­cally
in nearly every college
in the country. Students have
made themselves heard and
ARE affecting administrative
policy. This is particularly true
here at St. Mary’s College
(anyone who fails to see this
should ask him/herself questions
like: ‘How did the bookstore
get moved?” or, more impor­tantly,
“What effects did stu­dent
opinion and reaction have
on the administrative renova­tions
that are happening right
now?”). The problem we must
deal with today is how to work
together with the faculty now
that we have that voice. How
can anyone hope to achieve
anything by promoting and
clinging to an antagonistic at­titude
towards one another?
Remember, we cannot attend
classes without teachers and
administrators, and without us,
they’re all out of work!
While my first qualm seems
to be widespread through certain
factions of the community, my
second deals with letters written
by one individual, Colin Mon-crieff-
Yeates. First of all, Colin,
while your letters might not
have been exciting, they most
assuredly were interesting. They
made me think all right, but
not in the ways you may have
anticipated. But despite your
bastardization of the English
language, I still got your points
(at least I think that I did,
it’s not really so easy to tell).
Colin, how dare you or
anyone else at this school have
the audacity to expect your
views and opinions to take
precedence over everyone else’s?
Why shouldn’t the Acid Rain
topic receive front page cover­age?
It isn’t clear to me at all
that the utilization of the old
bookstore area is a more pres­sing
concern! That point can
be argued, but here’s one that
can’t: You and the Bookstore
issue have received more cover­age
in the EMPATH, over a
longer period of time, than any
other topic that I can recall
since I’ve been here! I’d say
it was about time the Book­store
question DIDN’T get in
the paper AT ALL! Listen
to your own propaganda: “This
is a student newspaper which
students pay for,” and “This
is my opinion as a student .. . ”
Finally Colin, if you want
to leam the expertise it requires
in order to “play the pretty
instrument,” I’m sure Nora
Davenport could find the time
to arrange an audition for you,
through which she’ll determine
whether or not to take you on
as a student. THEN you can
you can go “Tingggg . . .
Tonggggg . . . ting tong tong
ting ting ting” to your heart’s
content. But until then, you’d
damn well BETTER stay out of
those equipment rooms! They
are locked up for a very good
reason. Those rooms have at
least $40,000.00 worth of per­cussion
equipment residing in
them. AND NOT ALL OF
IT BELONGS TO THE COL­LEGE.
Many of the instruments
belong to individual students!
Can you be sure that the “shiny
instrument” you couldn’t even
name didn’t belong to the
student who so rightly evicted
you? As an example of why
“damn people [are] always
locking things up around here,”
I offer an incident two years
ago in which two tympani
heads (I suppose you’d call
them “kettle drums”) were
destroyed with a knife blade,
in the middle of the day, and
by persons too young to be
students at the college.
Colin, things have to be
protected around here. That
wasn’t negligence on anyone’s
part. The drums were on stage
just after being performed on
when that happened. And as to
why just anybody and their
brother aren’t allowed access
to the percussion equipment, I
offer you the condition of the
pianos in the practice rooms,
which anyone can (and often
do) use. Most of those instru­ments
were brand new when
the Fine Arts building was
constructed. Now there isn’t
one among them that doesn’t
have a serious problem (I mean
fouled up keys, not intonation).
That’s what happens to an
instrument when it is abused,
and Nora and her students
are clearly entitled to have
some safeguard over the instru­ments
they use every day.
That’s what they were bought
for, not for you to “tap out a
few more licks” whenever it
suits your fancy. Use your
head a little bit, Colin.
I’d like to close by expres­sing
my appreciation to the
staff of the EMPATH for putting
so much of their time and
effort into something that is
criticized so much. Criticism
may well be the best form of
flattery, but it’s got to be
frustrating when those who
criticize refuse to help out in
any way. I’d also like to thank
you for printing my rather
long-winded letter. Keep up
the good work!
PEACE
— A. Joseph Begenwald, Jr.
THE EMPATH
THE EMPATH is published by the students o f St. Mary’s
College o f Maryland. This publication is funded by the Stu­dent
Activities Fee, which is required o f all full-time students.
We welcome all letters from students, faculty, administration
and the community. We reserve the right to edit or abridge
letters and articles.
Editor-In-Chief.....................................................................Britta Muehlberger
Managing Editor.........................................................................Mackay Rippey
News/Features E d ito r ..................................................................Paige Hughes
Photography Coordinator...............................................................Dan Benson
Distribution Manager.........................................................................Bill Hauver
Contributing Writers.................Beth Appier, Phyllis Bean, Bobbi Kienast
Eileen Baruch, Mary Stakem, Ward Shortridge
Contributing Photographer........................................................... Peter Fang

March 4,1983 The Empath Page 3
Dear Editor . . .
Sympathy
Expressed
Dear Editor:
In response to the shallow,
short-sightedness of Colin Mon-crieff-
Yeates, suggesting that the
decision over the use of the
first floor of Charles Hall take
precedence over the acid related
sterilization of literally tens of
thousands of wilderness water
resources, I express my sym­pathy
to his family. And if Mr.
Moncrieff-Yeates is truly con­cerned
to this extent over the
shortage of space on campus,
perhaps he might investigate the
wide variety of boats which
have been donated to the
college. — David M. Parris
P.S. — “I wanted this
printed! This is my opinion
as a student and I have the
right to voice it! I’m not the
only one who feels this way.
Also, this may give the readers
something exciting to read.”
Colin Moncrieff-Yeates; The Em­path,
February 24, 1983.
Needs First
Dear Editor:
Harry Steinway can make his
brownie points with the Board
of Directors some other time.
I am at this school to learn
and will find that quite difficult
when St. Mary’s doesn’t have
the money to xerox student
handouts. Xeroxed handouts are
part of the visual learning ex­perience,
not to say quite
necessary in every day life.
Carpeted dorms would be
quite nice if this school could
afford carpeting and the stu­dents
would not abuse it. St.
Mary’s is presently paying full
salaries to two former faculty
members, this is causing quite
a deficit in the school’s budget.
This deficit is affecting my
education and I would rather
see my money being spent on
my education. This includes the
little necessities of life, like
xeroxing. Since there is a short­age
of money, I believe what
monies are available should be
used for the necessities not the
luxuries (like carpeting).
When this school is back on
its financial feet it would be
quite nice and feasible to beauti­fy
St. Mary’s, but for now
priorities are priorities and my
education comes well before
beer splattered carpets and Har­ry’s
promotion.
Deprived
- HCBM
Prejudging
Discouraged
Empath:
Regarding the letters addres­sing
the dispute that took place
recently in the gymnasium be­tween
a student and a college
employee, I would urge every­one
not to prejudge the matter
without full access to the facts.
I would also suggest that no
one, to our knowledge, knows
precisely what occurred during
this dispute. Given that and the
fact that both parties involved
have filed applications for crimi­nal
charges against the other,
the Attorney General advises us
to defer any disciplinary ac­tion
pending the outcome of
those charges. I would also
remind all those students who
share our concern about this
matter that both parties in­volved
have certain rights to due
process that need to be pro­tected
during the course of
any disciplinary or judicial re­view.
Given the circumstances,
precipitous action or an at­tempt
to determine guilt or
innocence in a public forum
like the Empath does a serious
disservice to both parties in­volved
in this unfortunate inci­dent.
Any appropriate college
disciplinary action will follow
the findings of the court. The
State’s Attorney’s Office has
tentatively scheduled interviews
with both parties on Wednes­day,
March 2, 1983.1 encourage
everyone to honor the proce­dures
of due process and defer
any judgement in this matter
until the State’s Attorney’s Of­fice
completes its inquiry. It
is the least we can do on behalf
of those involved.
Finally, regarding the col­lege’s
response to this inci­dent,
I think it would be helpful
to know that on the day it
occurred I:
1. held three different inter­views
with the student in­volved
(one immediately after
the incident took place),
2. arranged for the student in­volved
to be treated im­mediately
at the Health Cen­ter,
3. held two interviews with
the employee involved,
4. held one interview with two
college employees working
near the location of the
incident,
5. notified Security to initiate
investigation of the incident,
6. consulted with the College
Director of Operations in
charge of personnel matters,
7. consulted with the State’s
Attorney General’s Office,
8. arranged for leave for the
employee involved.
Since then I have held
lengthy conversations with both
parties involved, advising them
of their rights and of the antici­pated
steps to be taken by both
the college and the State’s
Attorney’s Office. Continued
conversations have taken place
with both the Attorney General
and the State’s Attorney’s Office
in the interim. The college has
attempted to respond to this
matter in a way that will guaran­tee
fair treatment for both
individuals while not rushing to
an incorrect judgement.
Sincerely
— Tom Weingartner
Director of
Intercollegiate Athletics
Working
Together
Dear Editor:
After having read the most
recent issue of your publication,
I found it difficult to ignore
some of the more juvenile
attitudes expressed by certain
members of our college com­munity.
These attitudes are
not isolated to just this past
issue, but seem to be a recurring
theme throughout the paper’s
history (at least as far back as
the three and one half years
that I have been here).
To begin with a topic with
which you are all too aware of,
the EMPATH has been criti­cized
continuously for the edi­tor’s
alledged partiality towards
the administration. Anyone seri­ously
involved with the paper
(and I admit that I am not
“involved,” but only “aware”)
has heard the term “Pro-Admini­stration”
several times too
many. One would think there
was a war going on, or at best a
heated political campaign. When
are those of you who feel this
way going to “graduate” to the
1980’s, and leave behind the
“f/buck - the - Establishment”
mentality of the 60’s? The
students of that era had to
deal with the problem of GET­TING
a student voice in admini­strative
decisions. In the past
15-20 years, student-faculty re­lationships
have changed drasti­cally
in nearly every college
in the country. Students have
made themselves heard and
ARE affecting administrative
policy. This is particularly true
here at St. Mary’s College
(anyone who fails to see this
should ask him/herself questions
like: ‘How did the bookstore
get moved?” or, more impor­tantly,
“What effects did stu­dent
opinion and reaction have
on the administrative renova­tions
that are happening right
now?”). The problem we must
deal with today is how to work
together with the faculty now
that we have that voice. How
can anyone hope to achieve
anything by promoting and
clinging to an antagonistic at­titude
towards one another?
Remember, we cannot attend
classes without teachers and
administrators, and without us,
they’re all out of work!
While my first qualm seems
to be widespread through certain
factions of the community, my
second deals with letters written
by one individual, Colin Mon-crieff-
Yeates. First of all, Colin,
while your letters might not
have been exciting, they most
assuredly were interesting. They
made me think all right, but
not in the ways you may have
anticipated. But despite your
bastardization of the English
language, I still got your points
(at least I think that I did,
it’s not really so easy to tell).
Colin, how dare you or
anyone else at this school have
the audacity to expect your
views and opinions to take
precedence over everyone else’s?
Why shouldn’t the Acid Rain
topic receive front page cover­age?
It isn’t clear to me at all
that the utilization of the old
bookstore area is a more pres­sing
concern! That point can
be argued, but here’s one that
can’t: You and the Bookstore
issue have received more cover­age
in the EMPATH, over a
longer period of time, than any
other topic that I can recall
since I’ve been here! I’d say
it was about time the Book­store
question DIDN’T get in
the paper AT ALL! Listen
to your own propaganda: “This
is a student newspaper which
students pay for,” and “This
is my opinion as a student .. . ”
Finally Colin, if you want
to leam the expertise it requires
in order to “play the pretty
instrument,” I’m sure Nora
Davenport could find the time
to arrange an audition for you,
through which she’ll determine
whether or not to take you on
as a student. THEN you can
you can go “Tingggg . . .
Tonggggg . . . ting tong tong
ting ting ting” to your heart’s
content. But until then, you’d
damn well BETTER stay out of
those equipment rooms! They
are locked up for a very good
reason. Those rooms have at
least $40,000.00 worth of per­cussion
equipment residing in
them. AND NOT ALL OF
IT BELONGS TO THE COL­LEGE.
Many of the instruments
belong to individual students!
Can you be sure that the “shiny
instrument” you couldn’t even
name didn’t belong to the
student who so rightly evicted
you? As an example of why
“damn people [are] always
locking things up around here,”
I offer an incident two years
ago in which two tympani
heads (I suppose you’d call
them “kettle drums”) were
destroyed with a knife blade,
in the middle of the day, and
by persons too young to be
students at the college.
Colin, things have to be
protected around here. That
wasn’t negligence on anyone’s
part. The drums were on stage
just after being performed on
when that happened. And as to
why just anybody and their
brother aren’t allowed access
to the percussion equipment, I
offer you the condition of the
pianos in the practice rooms,
which anyone can (and often
do) use. Most of those instru­ments
were brand new when
the Fine Arts building was
constructed. Now there isn’t
one among them that doesn’t
have a serious problem (I mean
fouled up keys, not intonation).
That’s what happens to an
instrument when it is abused,
and Nora and her students
are clearly entitled to have
some safeguard over the instru­ments
they use every day.
That’s what they were bought
for, not for you to “tap out a
few more licks” whenever it
suits your fancy. Use your
head a little bit, Colin.
I’d like to close by expres­sing
my appreciation to the
staff of the EMPATH for putting
so much of their time and
effort into something that is
criticized so much. Criticism
may well be the best form of
flattery, but it’s got to be
frustrating when those who
criticize refuse to help out in
any way. I’d also like to thank
you for printing my rather
long-winded letter. Keep up
the good work!
PEACE
— A. Joseph Begenwald, Jr.
THE EMPATH
THE EMPATH is published by the students o f St. Mary’s
College o f Maryland. This publication is funded by the Stu­dent
Activities Fee, which is required o f all full-time students.
We welcome all letters from students, faculty, administration
and the community. We reserve the right to edit or abridge
letters and articles.
Editor-In-Chief.....................................................................Britta Muehlberger
Managing Editor.........................................................................Mackay Rippey
News/Features E d ito r ..................................................................Paige Hughes
Photography Coordinator...............................................................Dan Benson
Distribution Manager.........................................................................Bill Hauver
Contributing Writers.................Beth Appier, Phyllis Bean, Bobbi Kienast
Eileen Baruch, Mary Stakem, Ward Shortridge
Contributing Photographer........................................................... Peter Fang